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By the time I got back to the office and got out the report, it would be tomorrow anyway. Some eyes will wait till tomorrow, huh? Where's Leroy? He's been in the refrigerator for the past half hour. Huh? Better go pull him out before he freezes. I have a surprise for him. Don't you go start eating too, Mr. Gilder Sleeve. We got stews for dinner. Stew. Oh, Leroy. But put back all that stuff in the refrigerator when you get through. That's my sandwich. Oh, my goodness. Look, Leroy, got a big surprise for you. Here. Open the box and see. Oh, your catcher's missed. Well, I promised it to you two years ago. Just waiting for you to grow up and the price to go down. Please. Yeah, you bet. Autographed and everything. Who did A.G. Spalding catch for, Leroy? We shouldn't do this in the kitchen, my boy, but just once. All right, here it comes. All season, Birdie. Here, Birdie, catch. Watch out, Leroy. Yeah, well, we're sorry. It's mine to be with oranges in it. The stew is in the now, Birdie. Birdie, catch. Yes, Birdie, of course. Let's go play outside. It's my turn. Oh, gosh. I just got it. Well, who bought it for you? Hang in the speech anyway. Break it up. Go home, fellas. Let's all go home. Catch a couple if you want me to. A Craig that Leroy bet. He gave up his mitt, didn't he? You have to be a good sport and give something up, too. Okay, I'll catch them. You will not. I've got to go on a diet. Let her come. Commissioner Gillesleve. Oh, Mayor de Wolliger, we should have run, Leroy. Oh, hello, Mr. Mayor. Oh, this is the way you get your reports in. What do you have to say for yourself, Gillesleve? Gillesleve, this is an outrage. Out here with the boys breaking windshields. Why, I nearly lost control of my car. You encourage these boys to play baseball on the street? Mr. Mayor, as a matter of fact, I was just telling them they shouldn't be playing in the street. I said, break it up, didn't I, Leroy? But, gosh, there's no place else to play. What's this? That's right, Mr. Mayor. We don't have any place else to play. I mean, they don't. You know what I'm saying, Gillesleve? The city provides parks for recreation while we build a number of baseball diamonds. They're always full. Oh. Yeah, the city leagues are always using the parks. Yeah, the big guys. Well, it looks like the big guys monopolize the city streets, too. What are we going to do about this, you please? Well, I'll pay for the windshield, Mr. Mayor. Well, I know that. You'll get the bill. Yes. But what are we going to do about these kids playing in the street? It's a deplorable condition. I quite agree with you. Good. Why don't you do something about it? Me? You're the one city commissioner who seems to have time for this sort of thing. So let's see some results. That's the end of your office this afternoon, Gillesleve. Well, I considered this a more deplorable condition, like you said, Your Honor. Mr. Mayor, we have to get a ball diamond for the boys. Well, Commissioner. Well, I'll get it. Fine. Let's get it done. Go to sleep. Oh, depend on me. Hey, Mr. Mayor. Yes? When you get in the car, would you mind throwing our ball back? Something important to discuss with you, Judge. Must be important if you wanted me to give up my bowling tonight. What is it? Well, the mayor has put me on a special project. Special project? You mean at last he's found out the water department can run itself? Of course, this is no laughing matter. The boys in this town need a place to play baseball, and I'm going to see that they get it. We have to keep them off the streets. Wonderful, Gillesleve. When did you become so public-spirited? I broke the mayor's windshield. So I heard. It wasn't very funny, Judge, believe me. No, I'm sure it wasn't, Gillesleve. I've never approved of boys playing in the streets. It's extremely hazardous. You said it. This town has long needed someone to direct the activities of our young people. You're right, Judge. I've often thought, what a fine thing it would be if Summerfield had a boys' club. Boys' club? And I stand ready to heed the call whenever the community looks to me. Right, Judge, I'm not asking you to take over. I just want some advice. The mayor has put me in charge. As I say, do you have anything I can do? Yes, yes. Judge, you know the real estate situation. Who's got some vacant property big enough for a baseball diamond? Nobody in our neighborhood. Pieces of property that large are pretty scarce. But let's get out the maps and look. Maps? Oh, a lot of maps there, Judge. Well, cartography is one of my hobbies, Gilday. Let's see what behalf here is. Hey, there's a big piece of property. Who owns that? Well, we're afraid that's out of the question, Gilday. That belongs to the Russians now. Russians? That's all. Now, this is the map of Summerfield. Where? As you see, there aren't many large areas that haven't been broken up into lots. Wait a minute. What's that big vacant space right there? Why can't we get that? Well, that's underwater most of the time, Gilday. I'll have a drain. I've got the authority. I hardly think the mayor would approve, Gilday. That's your reservoir. It is? Here's a vacant piece of property that I handle. Happens to belong to an old flame of yours, Lila Ransom. Lila? Just think, Gilday. If you'd married her, you'd own it now. Yes, yes. Let's see. It is big, isn't it? Not too far away, either. Third street. Yeah, might do. And I'm sure that she'd be delighted to have the boys play there. Good ol' Lila. But as a matter of policy, in Lila's absence, I usually take up property discussions with her cousin. Had a line for a child? Well, I'll take it up with her cousin myself. Perhaps I'd better get my hat and go along with you. You've helped enough, judge. Now you go bowling. And try to stay out of the alleys, you old goat. Can I get a bird chew? Well, I've been thinking about you. How nice. Come on into the line. Now it's time to act. Gracious you sound so serious. Oh, this is serious. But nothing the two of us can't work out together. How interesting. Sit down. So much nicer to talk with music. You don't have to talk so much. Never mind the music. I'll do the talking. Falkmore, I just love you when you get so domineering. Huh? Oh. Had a line. Had a line. You know that big vacant lot of Lila's on third speed? Mm-hmm. You suppose she turned it over to us? To us? Mercy? Mm-hmm. It's a wonderful lot for you. Wonderful lot for kids, Adeline. Just what we need. Well, I don't know if cousin Lila would let us have it if she knew what we had in mind. My property? Oh, that's out of the question. Not even enough yards for Leroy. And we have to keep our boys off the streets, Adeline. No good. Good kids need a place to play baseball, and I thought Lila's lot would be just a thing. Oh, well, I think that's a marvelous idea, Falkmore. You do? Well, great. Great. I've been watching the boys playing in the street, and I've just worried myself sick that something terrible would happen. It is. I mean, it is pretty dangerous. That's why I'm behind this thing, Adeline. To even organize a boys' club. An idea that came to me just a little while ago. Well, you just go ahead and use that little old lot and say that you see fit and all right, cousin Lila birded. She'll be proud of you, Throckmorton. And so is your little Adeline. My little Ad... You need music now, huh? Let's relax and have fun. Oh, Throckmorton, I just love you when you're so carefree, like a big, jolly bear. A small team of our own. We could make quite a game of it. Oh? Well, what's the first thing you do? Well, let's see. The first thing to do is to try to get the first base. I'll use this again in just a minute. Homemakers tell us that one of their hardest jobs is to keep getting variety into meals. For example, those daily vegetables. 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You can depend on Kraft quality. Ever since the mayor lit a match under the gray gills' sleeve he's been rushing around town like a ball of fire promoting his project to keep the boys off the streets. Hello, Bessie? Commissioner Gilles' sleeve. I won't be back to the office this afternoon, Bessie, working on my boys' club. And now you call Uncle Charlie down at the reservoir and have him take the city weed cutter over to that big vacant lot on 3rd Street and cut those weeds. No, that's all, Bessie. Any mail? A bill for the mayor's windshield. Goodbye. Probably when the mayor sees what a good job I'm doing he won't want me to pay for it. Three more fielder's gloves. Very well. You pick them out, Leroy. Come on, boys. We'll let the all, sir. Let's have two of those Louisville slugger bats. They're short buttons. We're going to have a club. We may as well do this thing right. Gosh, who's going to pay for all this, Uncle Mayor? The mayor? I hardly think so, Leroy. He's watching the budget these days. Pretty close. Election year. Well, you don't have to pay for it, do you? Just leave it to me, Leroy. I'll raise the money. You take the equipment out of the field. Okay, we'll go out and practice. So long, Leroy. So long, Leroy. Our local merchants have been kicking in pretty well. Just need a little more now. Oh, Pee-Vee. Yeah, hello, Mr. Pee-Vee. See you this afternoon. You can give me a donation of $5, Pee-Vee. $5? Just a minute. I'll go out back and see if Mr. Pee-Vee is in. You're in, Pee-Vee. And I need the money for a very worthy cause. Buy baseball equipment for a boys club. I'm organizing. Oh, yeah, tell me, Pee-Vee. You bet. Nobody has turned me down, Pee-Vee. Then your $5 will help. Well, I won't let him make my bank deposit today. But let's see what we have in the cash register. No shame. Business hasn't been exactly rushing today. Not as stampede, if you know what I mean. Yes, I understand, Pee-Vee. And I'll give you a hand. And here's $2 I got from Mrs. Cock this morning for that McDonald's hot water bottle. $50, $75, $200, $25, $30. A better $31. $32, $33, $34. $3.34 for you planning on buying anything? Me? No, you might give me some cigars, Pee-Vee. What the heck? Fill out the $5 with L-Lobos. The L-Lobos? I think you have room in your pockets for that many. Anna's, Pee-Vee. The mayor's coming out this afternoon to pitch the first ball. Oh, you're having a game this afternoon, Mr. Kelly? Oh, sure. The first one. The kids are going to choose upsides, and we're going to officially open the field. Yeah, I see that. Well, see, we need an umpire. Why don't you come on out? We need somebody who can call him impartially, Pee-Vee. And I've never known anybody more impartial than you. Thank you, Mr. Kelly, but I don't think I should close the store. You don't have to close the store? Have Mrs. Pee-Vee come down and run it? She's done it before, right? Business always seems to drop off a little when I leave Mrs. Pee-Vee in charge. She has a habit of standing in the door and looking out, which isn't quite the way to get customers in. Well, Pee-Vee, we'll miss you out there. Well, that's nice of you to say so, Mr. Kelly. But you should get a great deal of satisfaction out of knowing you've helped put this thing over. And that's right, too. You bet, Pee-Vee, because this is one of the most worthy causes you could ever support. And you were perfectly right there, Mr. Kelly. And believe me, you will never miss that $5. No, no, I wouldn't say that. You bet. Great stuff, Commissioner. Well, I wish somebody had helped us out when I was a kid. Where I lived, the railroad tracks ran right through left field. Huh? If your time did right when a slow freight went by, the home run sure. Now, things are just about as bad here in Somerville, Floyd. Yeah, I guess you could have used a freight about the time you broke the mayor's windshield, that commission. Now, Floyd... But you're doing a great job, Commissioner. Now, it's really too big a job for one man, though, Floyd. All of us businessmen have to get behind it. Oh, I get it. How much you want? Well, Pee-Vee gave his all. Another five will just about make it equipment and things. There you are. But if Lovie ever asked how much I contributed, it was ten. Ten? The cards wasn't running so good last night. Well, thanks, Floyd. Now, I'd better get out to the field. I want to be there before the mayor arrives. Hey, you may even get a raise out of this, Commissioner. The mayor might even name the diamond Gilda Sleeve Field. Oh, well, the mayor should see fit to it. Hey, I've been looking all over for you. Leroy, what are you doing here? You've been crying. I have not been crying. What's the matter, kid? No, no, no. So dirty, diamond. What, the new field? They say they... Well, we'll see about that. Come along with me, Leroy. Okay. Hey, Commissioner, I'll go with you. I've been looking for a reason to close up shop all afternoon. Never mind, Floyd. I can handle this. Why did you let him chase you off, Leroy? I have a great thing, guys. Oh, well, come along, Floyd. I was born right on this street, Commissioner. Some of the best fighters in town come out of this neighborhood. The best fighters? Uh-huh. Who chased you off, Leroy? Well, I was a kid named Armstrong. Not Pug Armstrong. Pug? Oh, no, it couldn't have been. Must have been his son. All pugs were in the fire department. See? There they are. Rockin' hard diamonds. They chased all of us. We'll soon take care of this. They can't steal our diamond after all I've put into this. Yeah, I got five bucks in it myself. Go get your boys, Leroy. We're taking over. Okay, I'll do it. All right. Who's the leader of this gang? All of it, fellas. What'd you say, mister? What's the idea of you boys taking over this lot? What's your name? Well, it's Armstrong. But look, mister. You're just the boy I want to talk to. What's the idea of chasing these boys off this lot? I'm strong. Hey, you ain't Pug Armstrong's son, are you? Yeah, that's right. Well, what do you know? Where is old Pug, anyhow? Now, Floyd. There he is, coming up right behind you. These two fellas caught in a little trouble here. Are they, son? You remember me, don't you, Pug? Floyd Munson? I cut your hair many's at times. Oh, sure, sure. I didn't recognize you out of the barber shop. Who's your, uh, talkie friend? What's your trouble laughing, boy? Well, you see, mister Armstrong, I'm the water commissioner. Throckmorton P. Water Commissioner. I'm even gildersly. I've done a lot of work to line up this diamond for our boys. Mayor's orders. Yeah, Pug, the commissioner done a great job. Yes, sir. And your boys don't have a right to chase my boys off the lot. Yeah? We've been playing ball all the time here. It was never before it was ever fixed up. Yeah. Well, it belongs to our boys' club now. You understand, mister Armstrong? Well, if your club is taking over the property, I guess that's it. But it's a pretty lousy thing to do. We have to keep our boys off the streets. Sure. So your kids take the diamond and what happens to ours? They have to go play in the streets. Sure. Hey, Commissioner, maybe Pug's got something there. Instead of Leroy's gang just choosing up sides, why don't the two teams play each other? Well, sure. What's wrong with that? It's a good game. That'll keep all the kids off the streets. Well, that's a good idea, but I was just getting around to it, Floyd. Let me think of these things. Who's in charge here anyway? I'm sorry, Commissioner. Now, Pug, mister Armstrong, here's what we'll do. Hey, Commissioner, look, the peeve. Well, peeve. Good afternoon, gentlemen. So you did decide to come out after all? Well, the more I thought about it, the more I didn't want to miss the game. Good to see you, peeve. I closed up, too. I didn't completely close, Floyd. Mrs. Peeve is standing in the door. It's some time dump-fire, though, peeve. Hey, where am I? What's that, sir? An escort and everything. And look who's with them. Judge Hooker, good. Where are our gilders' leaves, gentlemen? I hope I'm not too late for the opening pitch. Oh, no, Mr. Baker. Glad you could make it. They're all ready. You've done a nice job here, gilders. Yes, Commissioner. Give it a sleep. I am most proud and pleased. You've done a wonderful job. I see you're taking care of a lot more, boys, than I expected. Well, I decided to expand the club quite suddenly. Oh. Yeah. See? I see you brought a photographer. Great idea. Well, the newspapers always want to picture the first pitch, you know. All right, you young fellas. Some of you get out there in the field. Yeah, get that out. Here's a new ball, Mr. Mayer. Gilders' leaves, you're behind all this. Why don't you stand up at the plate and hit the first ball when I pitch it? Oh, well, thank you, Mr. Mayer. If you're sure you want me in the photographs. Get ready, now, Gilders' leaves. It's finally coming there pretty fast. Oh, really? I didn't set you on this. Why are you out of the park, huh? I'd miss it if I was you, Commiss, unless you want to lose your job. All right, Floyd. Batter up. Play ball. Remember, babies, play politics. Wherever the m- You know that, wouldn't you, yeah? Swing, Gilders. Oh, Gilders. Leave again very shortly. And the gang at your house asks for a handout. Your smartest move, Mother, is just to set out some bread and velvita. Let them fix their own snacks with crafts, nutritious, good-eating cheese food. Let them spread or slice the velvita thick. Toast it to a bubbling gold if they like. You can stand back and smile. Although you're being an indulgent mother, you're being very wise, too. That delicious velvita is rich in valuable milk nutrients. Digestible as milk itself. So keep stocked with packages or the two-pound loaf. Get genuine velvita tomorrow. And, Shield, did he make you buy him another one? No, but he was pretty hot under the collar, my boy, until my pal, Pug, came over and asked who my talky friend was. Good old Pug. Seriously, folks, we're going to have a great boys' club here in Summerfield, and it's a good thing for other communities to look into. And now is the time to do it. This very week, during National Boys' Club Week, I know it's helped to keep Leroy off the street and out of my hair. Good night, folks. This is Earl Curry, Madeline Fairchild by Miss Yulia Merkel. This all was written by John Elliott and Andy White with music by Jack Neeson. Included in the cast are Walter Tethlee, Lillian Randolph, Earl Ross, Richard McGrane and Arthur Q. Bryant. 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